Improvement in neck-yoke couplings for vehicles



8. BROWN. Neck-Yoke Coupling for Vehicles. No. 215,874. Patentd May 27, I879.

WITNESSES: g'ENTOR: 6 BY MM ATTORNEYS.

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SAMUEL BROWN, OF BURNIPS CORNERS, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND WESLEY MOORED, OF SAME'PLAOE.

IMPROVEMENT IN NECK-YOKE COUPLINGS FOR VEHICLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 215,874, dated May 27, 1879; application filed April 19, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL BROWN, of Burnips Corners, in the county of Allegan and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in N eck-Yoke Oouplings, of which the following is a specification.

Figure l is a side view of the end of a tongue to which my improvement has been applied. Fig. 2 is a top view of the same. Fig. 3 is an end view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish an attachment for the tongues of wagons, sleighs, and other vehicles, to prevent the said tongues from dropping should a tug break or the whif fletrees become loose, and which shall besimple in construction, convenient in use, and will not disfigure the tongue.

The invention consists in the combination of the two springs with the forward end of a vehicle-tongue, to prevent the ring of the neckyoke from becoming detached, as hereinafter fully described.

A represents a vehicle-tongue. B is the neck-yoke, and O is the neck-yoke ring, which is passed over the forward end of the tongue A, and rests, when the team is holding back, against the holdback iron D. The bracestrap E of the holdbackiron D is elastic, is extended forward, is bent back upon itself to form a loop, 6 is again bent forward, and is bent up at the end of the tongue A, so as to rest against the end of the said.t0ngue A. The strap E is elastic, and its end 0 is notched to fit upon the neck of the spring F. The rear part of the spring F is attached to the upper side of the tongue A, and is made thick, to adapt it to serve also as a rub-iron for the neck-yoke B. The forward end of the spring F has a knob or projection, f, formed upon it, to serve as a catch to hold the notched upper end, 6 of the spring E in place, to serve as a guard to protect the ends of the two springs E F from accidental injury, and as a handle for disengaging the said two springs E F.

With this construction, when the end of the spring F is raised the spring E will spring out sufficiently to allow the ring 0 of theneckyoke B to be conveniently placed upon and removed from the tongue 0.

With this construction, also, should a tug break or become unfastene'd, or a whiffletree break or become detached, allowing the neckyoke B to move forward, the ring-of the said neck-yoke will catch in theloop c of the spring E, and prevent the tongue A from dropping and the team from becoming detached.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent The combination of the two springs E F with the forward end of a vehicle-tongue, A, to prevent the ring 0 of the neck-yokeB from becoming detached, substantially as herein shown and described.

SAMUEL BROWN.

Witnesses:

COLUMBIA H. LONG, SARAH L. Lone. 

